Local cities get $1.7 mill for signals, streets, etc.

The West Orange County cities of Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Stanton and Westminster recently received a total of $1.68 million in transportation funds from the Orange County Transportation Authority.

It comes from Measure M, the half-cent sales tax approved by voters in 2006. While much of the revenue from the tax goes to the operation of OCTA, a portion is devoted to “Local Fair Share Funding” for cities across the county.

The money is distributed every two months and is used for repairing potholes, repaving streets, synchronizing traffic signals, improving safety and other transit issues.